Common Quote by Bonaventure

In the light of absolute values (religious or ethical) man himself is judged to be limited or imperfect, while he can occasionally accomplish acts…

— T. E. Hulme

“Oftentimes people expect Christians to be perfect but the reality is...Spiritual perfection is imperfection! God then does His best work.”

— Sanjo Jendayi

Our religion doesn't demand perfection but instead a manageable strive to better ourselves.

— Nouman Ali Khan

“Religion requires perfection, but the kingdom values excellence. If we strive for perfection and don’t allow ourselves room to be wrong, we will never…

— Bob Hazlett

“The perfect man, for the pagans, was the perfection of the man that exists; for Christians, the perfection of the man that does not…

— Fernando Pessoa

The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his…

— Simon Greenleaf

“true perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbor, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall…

— Teresa of Avila

“True perfection consists in the love of God and of our neighbor, and the more perfect is our observance of these two commandments, the…

— Padma Aon Prakasha

Perhapsthemost sublimeinsights oftheJewishprophets and the Christian gospel is the knowledge that since perfection is love, the apprehension of perfection is at once the means…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Christian perfection consists in three things: praying heroically, working heroically, and suffering heroically.

— Anthony Mary Claret

No religion is perfect, not after man gets through with it.

— Christopher Pike

Perfection consists in a constant perseverance to acquire the virtues and become proficient in their practice, because on God's road, not to advance is…

— Vincent de Paul